Serkan Çelik
(Department of Recreation Management, Katip Çelebi University, Turkey)

Abstract: Music gains functions such as charming, healing and warning in the community once the social system has started. The factors which warmed up and cheered on the society prior to war turn into tool conveying information from generation to generation with legends. War screaming turned into military marches gradually and melodic mumblings during the pray gave rise to religious hymns. The first melody was either related to celebration ceremony of gods or praise to strong heroes who were equal to gods. The art of music stimulated the power of thoughts and images increasingly in the stream of history, and found its own distinctive style in every age and every culture and a way of expression arising from the needs of that community. The musical instruments they used in this expression had significant roles. Modern researches related to antique music started in the late 19th century. All the publications related to subject benefitted from Attic works especially from the depictions on ceramics while reviewing antique music and musical instruments. These depictions comprise a great chance for both archaeologists and musicologists. Furthermore, they show appearance of musical instruments, how these musical instruments can be played to some degree and in which social community they are played for which purpose. This research entitled as “The Antique Timbres of Turtle Shell” studies antique musical instrument called as “Lyra” by bringing Apollo’s musical identity into prominence. As a result of this research, the “Lyra” made from turtle shell in the hands of God Apollo was played in the light of many Lyral Apollo Clarios terracotta figures which were found in the excavation works of Claros.

 

 

Key words: ancient music, Apollon, Lyra